You may missed some interesting gadgets in Gmail

Original post by Martin Gruau, Consumer Operations (from official gmail blog)

To install any of these gadgets, follow those steps: 

1) From your Gmail account, go to the Labs tab of Gmail Settings. 
2) Look for the Lab "Add any gadget by URL." Enable it, then click "Save changes."
3) Go to the new "Gadgets" tab under "Settings" and add the relevant .xml address.

Here's a list of a ten I've found worth trying out:

Wikipedia
Look for a specific query right from Gmail.
http://www.google.com/ig/modules/wikipedia.xml


Google Calculator
Make some quick calculations while typing an email.
http://calebegg.com/calc.xml



Note
Add a sticky note to the corner of your Gmail account.
http://www.google.com/ig/modules/sticky.xml



Remember the Milk
If you're a fan of this task management system, accessing all your "Remember the milk" notes from right within Gmail can be super handy.
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/services/modules/gmail/rtm.xml



PolyClock
Gives you the time of day for any place in the world.
http://gad.getpla.net/poly/clock.xml



Currency Converter
A real time currency converter.
http://helloworld123---.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/currency-converter.xml



bit.ly URL shortener
Lets you shorten URLs in a single click.
http://hosting.gmodules.com/ig/gadgets/file/107368512201818821991/bitly-shortener.xml



Chuck Norris fact generator 
Displays a different "Chuck Norris fact" every day of the year.http://marsupialmusic.net/stu/scripts/chucknorris.xml



Finally, you might be familiar with the last two gadgets, since they are also available as individual Gmail Labs:

Google Calendar
Displays your Google Calendar agenda right from Gmail.
http://www.google.com/ig/modules/calendar.xml



Google Docs
Gives you quick access to your most recent documents.
www.google.com/ig/modules/docs.xml



You can find lots of other gadgets optimized for iGoogle on this page, and many of them work well in Gmail, too.

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